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FOX, Edward William Houston
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 66096 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 22 July 1983, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66096, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 66096, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 66096, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney | |
| 14 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 66096, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son Edward Fox and Eva Fox nee Pettitt of 'Manaro', Albion Street, Waverley, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HMAT Suevic disembarking on the 10 September 1919
After the war he went droving in QLD and WA
In 1929 he was living in Alma Street, Townsville, QLD. While living Rockhampton in 1953 he applied for a War Service home
Medal: British War Medal